Associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny jailed for nine years

Ksenia Fadeyeva is an associate of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny (Alexei Navalny’s team via AP)

An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent.

Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny’s organisation in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted on charges of organising an extremist group.